Suchit Gupta's Review On ICFAI Business School - [IBS], Pune

Ibs has shifted to new facility now so wont comment on the infrastructure but the faculty do have to work on their knowledge delivering skills. Placement will automatically improve if they start producing matured managers.

I took CAT and IBSAT I took both but the one they looked at was IBSAT. Dont remember the exact score but it was quite good to get into one of the center they have. Why I did opt for this college. Actually the scenario was that they opted for me. Not that I am that brilliant and all that but they have a very good layout designed for their admission process. I am talking about the last date they have to accept or decline their proposal. It comes way before other B-schools even start their admission process. And when it comes to a person like me who has already dropped a year for getting into a better B-School it was a nice trap.

Course curriculum is great. In fact ICFAI University is known for their research and curriculum. But I should say what is the use of such good thing if we do not have the sources to pass them to students. I am talking about the faculty out there. They were much more focused on theories and grading than the research.

Nope hardly 2-3 % of student got that and that too without stipend. Others worked on their own to get that. The companies that came to campus were also focused on picking marketing students.

We passed out in the year of recession as they say. But I donot see recession in the campus of IIM, FMS or for that matter in any other top B-School. Ok, I agree that I am not talking about my cadre but at least we deserve a chance to prove. IBS did not even provide us any chance. Almost all the companies were coming up with marketing profile and IBS (Pune) made it compulsory for all the students (all stream) to appear for the process. I was surprised to see Finance and HR students going for marketing jobs.

We had few parties organised by the student themselves with very less college support. We also had an annual fest i was Dance Coordinator in that. Management and technical fest were missing which I actually wanted to experience. Always wanted to share my experience with students from different colleges and regions.

Looking at the infrastructure i do not find the fee structure justified. They had two towers across the street that's it.

They have 2-3 scholarship available. One is for needy people which amount to 200000 at that time. And the other one is academic which was given every semester. As I mentioned I got one academic scholarship.

Campus life was ok and that was because of the diversity we had. People from different region, different stream,different experience. We had a good mix. Not much of extracurricular activities. Most of them were managed by the student with very less support from the college faculty.

Very few rooms available in the hostel and that too is not a hostel. They are flats converted into hostel. They have different hostel for Boys and Girls quite strict on that front. No mess in the hostel one has to look nearby restaurant or the tiffenwala for food. We lived in flat, average rent was 7-8 thousand for a 2BHK.

Yes they are very helpful. I never had a chance to interact with one but my friends did and they mentioned me that they are very helpful. Some alumni do come to the campus for placement too.

Exams were frequent and yes they actually left us with hectic schedule. But my personal interest was in knowing the practical application of the theory they were teaching which few of our guest lecturers covered. But again more focus was on grading.

As I mentioned in previous question the faculty was the loophole. They are qualified but they lack exposure. And as I said what is the use of such good curriculum if we do not have good faculty to pass them to students. They were much more focused on theories and grading than the research.